 | Guy Le Strange - 1890 - 726 σελίδες
...But my uncle said to me in answer, ' O my little son, thou hast not understanding ! Verily Al Walid was right, and he was prompted to a worthy work. For he beheld Syria to lie a country that had long been occupied by the Christians, and he noted herein the beautiful churches... | |
 | Oleg Grabar - 1987 - 342 σελίδες
...money on the building of the mosque of Damascus. The uncle answered: O my little son, thou has not understanding. Verily al-Walid was right, and he was...long been occupied by the Christians, and he noted there the beautiful churches still belonging to them, so enchantingly fair, and so renowned for their... | |
 | Michael Maas - 2000 - 452 σελίδες
...Islamic Art, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973), pp. 64-5] O my little son, you do not understand. Verily al-Walid was right, and he was prompted to...long been occupied by the Christians, and he noted there the beautiful churches still belonging to them, so enchantingly fair, and so renowned for their... | |
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One day al-Maqdisi asked his uncle why al-Walid spent so much money on the building of the mosque of Damascus. The uncle answered: "O my little son, thou hast not understanding. Verily al-Walid was right, and he was prompted to a worthy work. For he beheld... 